I will head home from Lamar tomorrow.  The past week has been clear, almost 
windless and a bit warmer than average, even for here.  Yesterday it was in the 
mid-80s.  Tomorrow the high is predicted to be in the mid-40s. The cranes have 
been dribbling over.  "White" geese have arrived to some extent, and move in 
various directions traveling from their roosting fields to their feeding areas.


The Pine Warbler at Janeal Thompson's shelled Spanish peanut feeder hanging in 
a large juniper on the southwest corner of her house since the 11th, was seen 
at least thru yesterday (the 16th) and I think I heard it briefly today.  It 
absolutely has no regular schedule.  We think this adult male is quite likely 
the same bird as has been present in the south end of town since mid-summer but 
there is no way to know for sure.  As Tony Leukering would say, in his present 
garb, this individual warrants the adjective "spanky".  This yard also has a 
growing group (about a dozen as of today) of White-winged Doves that will 
likely roost here all winter.


The Lamar Community College Woods has a group of Northern Cardinals, perhaps 
numbering as many as 5.  There is at least one Red-bellied Woodpecker, heard 
and seen most often at the south end of the woods or in the Woodland Park 
Subdivision just south of the LCC Woods.  A few eastern or "Carolina" 
White-breasted Nuthatches, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, and Marsh Wrens are present.  
The Bewick's Wren first found about 10 days ago is still present at the south 
end near the gate/giant brush pile but is VERY difficult to detect and observe. 
  A few Brown Creepers were present early in my visit, may still be around.  
That can be a hard species to find in Lamar.  No Yellow-bellied Sapsucker that 
I could find yet in Willow Creek Park.  Usually not present until December.


Today at Riverside Cemetery on Maple Street in northeast Lamar I had a female 
Golden-crowned Kinglet (on the move, mostly in junipers but it did spend time 
in elms), a few Ross's Geese in with Snow Goose flocks overhead, Ruby-crowned 
Kinglet, several Yellow-rumped Warblers (which will probably overwinter on 
juniper berries at various locations in Lamar), kingfisher over the canal to 
the north, not a lot else.


At Fairmount Cemetery yesterday I had a female Lesser Goldfinch.


Thurston Reservoir north of town has a good assortment of waterfowl scattered 
among the zillion coots.  I estimated 70 Pied-billed Grebes still present but 
that will likely decrease dramatically very soon.  Two Wood Ducks were in the 
n-s canal coming off the northeast corner of the res.


A Loggerhead Shrike is along Prowers County Road CC about a mile east of US287. 
 I would say Loggerheads are at least as common as Northern Shrikes in a normal 
southeastern CO winter.


The pond just north of US50 on US287 (called "Wertz Runoff Pond" by locals) had 
a good selection of common waterfowl yesterday, including a pair of Common 
Goldeneyes and a latish White Pelican.


North of John Martin Res, we had at least 5 Swamp Sparrows along Bent CRJJ just 
east of Van's Grove on the 14th (location described by Steve Mlodinow in his 
post about Sedge Wren).


Total species in the Lamar area (roughly 7 miles in all directions from the 
theater on Main Street): 75


Dave Leatherman

Fort Collins


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